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For the third incarnation of their Deep Ellum-hosted Index Festival, the folks at Spune Productions and Trees have decided to turn their announcement of who's playing this year's expanded three-day fest into a separate event in and of itself.

To that end, the first round of bands playing this year's September 26, 27 and 28 affair will be announced as part of a free concert at Trees on Tuesday, June 17 that'll feature Austin shredders UME, Dallas party monsters Booty Fade and other, as-yet-unnamed acts. The catch? You'll have to RSVP here to attend — and, in doing so, you'll opt in to emails from North Texas' most recent entrants to the events listing game, Do214.

Also? Starting on Wednesday, organizers will begin selling reduced-price, blind pre-sale tickets to this fall's festival until the first crop of bands is announced on June 17. And, judging from previousyears'lineups alone, we can all but guarantee it'll be something worthy of your hard-earned dollar.

Cory Graves is the Associate Editor at Central Track. He enjoys not only writing about Dallas and its local music scene, but being a part of it as a member of the band Vandoliers. Courtney Love once referred to him onstage as “my fucking therapist,” which he immediately put on his resume.